The value would be obvious if Wikipedia were a for profit company listed on the stock markets. Not that it would have a real value identical to a computation based on imagined advertising revenue. It is in the billions though.
Fred > Hi all, > > Last weekend we had a discussion about how to 'sell' the importance of > Wikipedia to economics-focused people (a.k.a. politicians etc), and the > question came up on how much Wikipedia contributes to the global economy. > Many people access it daily, and the information they get from that might > help them to run businesses, be more efficient etc. Third world countries > (and maybe even the rest of the world) might have better educated people > thanks to Wikipedia, which might make better and more efficient workers, > higher literacy and cheaper university educations. > > Has there been any scientific (or other) research on the effect Wikipedia > has (or had) on the world economy, or even the economy of a specific > country/region? There are some numbers what Wikipedia would be 'worth' if > it were a commercial company, but that is not what I'm looking for. What > is > Wikipedia worth to society, the way it currently runs. > > Alternatively, are there similar studies to other knowledge compendiums, > or > even 'the internet'? > > Thanks for any pointers! > > Lodewijk > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l